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FILE – Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk pushes to ban cameras from court

April 17, 2026 at 9:46 p.m.

Tyler Robinson’s attorneys are pressing a Utah judge to ban cameras from his trial, while media organizations, prosecutors and Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, want the court to allow them.

FILE – Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

President Trump nominates next leader of National Park Service

February 12, 2026 at 5:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead.

FILE – Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks at a Turning Point event prior to Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaking, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Defense objects to showing videos of Charlie Kirk’s killing in murder case, claims bias

February 3, 2026 at 7:37 p.m.

Graphic videos showing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk while he spoke to a crowd on a Utah college campus quickly went viral, drawing millions of views.

FILE – Fourth District Court Judge Tony Graf presides over a hearing for Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Judge orders release of transcript from closed hearing for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk

December 29, 2025 at 1:26 p.m.

A Utah judge on Monday ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing in October.

FILE – A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

President Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

October 4, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

The sales are a signature piece of President Donald Trump's ambitions for companies to dig more coal from federal lands and burn it for electricity.

Tourist crowd around a window to view the Liberty Bell with Independence Hall in the background in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

National parks will remain ‘generally’ open during the shutdown, but Liberty Bell doors are closed

October 1, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

Access varied widely across the more than 400 sites overseen by the National Park Service as the government shutdown began.

Police tape surrounds The Owl Bar in of Anaconda, Mont., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, following a fatal shooting. (Joseph Scheller/The Montana Standard via AP)

Officials scour mountainous area of Montana for ex-US soldier suspected of killing 4 in bar shooting

August 2, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

Montana Division of Criminal Investigation administrator Lee Johnson says 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown fled The Owl Bar after the Friday shooting in the small town of Anaconda.

An American Flag is posted near destroyed homes, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

More storms take aim at central US, where many are digging out from tornado damage

May 19, 2025 at 9:58 a.m.

More severe storms were expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people and a devastating Kentucky tornado.

Alexander Daniel, DDS, left, demonstrates fluoride treatment on resident Cameron Onken, right, at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

March 28, 2025 at 11:43 a.m.

Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over opposition from dentists and national health organizations who warn the move will lead to medical problems...

Downed trees cover the roadway toward South Jefferson Street from severe weather in downtown Tuscumbia, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025.(Dan Busey/The TimesDaily via AP)

‘Life-threatening cold’ expected as polar vortex stretches across US after deadly weekend flooding

February 17, 2025 at 3:05 p.m.

Harsh weather moved west as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend.

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